Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.

There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to do it for him.

Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?

Whether your time calls you to live or die, do both like a prince.

Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.

There is nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion by authority, like too strong a liquor for a frail glass.

The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.